Aftershock 2025 lineup: These musical acts will headline four-day Sacramento rock festival
Deftones, Blink 182, Korn and Bring Me the Horizon are among the acts headlining Aftershock 2025, the four days at Sacramento’s Discovery Park Oct. 2-5 billed as the largest hard rock, punk and metal festival on the West Coast.
The acts top a high-powered lineup that includes Good Charlotte, Rob Zombie and prog-metal giants A Perfect Circle as well as dynamic French metal act Gojira, they of the crushing opening ceremony performance at last summer’s Paris Olympic Games.
All Time Low joins aught-rockers Blink 182 and Good Charlotte as the Thursday, Oct. 2, headliners. Friday, Oct. 3, features the one-two punch of Deftones and A Perfect Circle, along with Turnstile.
Multi-platinum Grammy winners Deftones, on the heels of last weekend’s sold-out show, return to the hometown Sacramento festival as part of their 2025 North American tour. Deftones also took the stage for the inaugural Aftershock back in 2012.
Saturday, Oct. 4, sees Bakersfield’s Korn return to the Aftershock stage, along with Bad Omens and Gojira. Bring Me the Horizon, Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson close out the festival on Sunday, Oct. 5.
The Danny Wimmer Presents bill features more than 115 acts across Aftershock’s four stages, a mix of iconic acts and emerging stars over the festival’s four days.
“We’ve got legendary reunions, rare performances and more California bands on this lineup than any Aftershock before,” said concert promoter Danny Wimmer. “Year after year, we’ve broken attendance records, and this one is set to be the biggest yet.
“Trust me, you don’t want to miss it.”
The now-renowned festival, which launched in 2012 as a single-stage show at Discovery Park featuring Stone Temple Pilots and Deftones, has now grown into a West Coast behemoth and a mandatory stop on the rock and metal festival circuit. Last year, the festival hosted 160,000 fans to Discovery Park and brought an estimated $30 million to the local economy, officials said.
Aftershock’s big-name acts also mean big business for a Sacramento region now seen as a year-round festival destination. Visit Sacramento has pegged the economic impact of the West Coast’s largest hard rock and metal festival at north of $27 million, with tens of thousands of festival-goers staying in area hotels, dining in local restaurants and frequenting bars, brewpubs and nightspots during the four-day event.
“We can’t wait to welcome Aftershock back to Sacramento this fall,” said Mike Testa, Visit Sacramento’s president and CEO. “What began as a one-day event has become a totally immersive hard rock experience for some of the best fans in the world, and we’re excited that our city can be a part of it all.”
Aftershock 2025 headliners
THURSDAY, OCT. 2, PERFORMANCES
- Blink-182: The Southern California pop-punk trio returns following their 2023 album “One More Time...” and a world tour celebrating the return of guitarist Tom DeLonge after nearly a decade.
- Good Charlotte: The Madden brothers mark the 25th anniversary of their debut album, revisiting their high-energy blend of punk rock after teasing a return on social media.
- All Time Low: The Maryland-based band keeps the pop-punk flame alive, performing on the heels of their ninth studio album, “Tell Me I’m Alive.”
FRIDAY, OCT. 3, PERFORMANCES
Deftones: The Sacramento-based alt-metal pioneers return to Aftershock fresh off a sold-out hometown show at Golden 1 Center last weekend.
A Perfect Circle: The alternative rock supergroup reunited last year for their first live performances since 2018 after releasing “Kindred,” their first new song in six years, featuring the return of drummer Josh Freese.
Turnstile: The hardcore punk band will arrive in Sacramento after a summer tour in Europe, following Grammy nominations in 2023 for “Holiday” and “Blackout.”
SATURDAY, OCT. 4, PERFORMANCES
Korn: The nu-metal pioneers from Bakersfield remain one of the most influential heavy bands of the past three decades, with more than 40 million records sold worldwide.
Bad Omens: The rising metalcore band plays Aftershock amid speculation of new music, after teasing studio sessions on social media since September.
Gojira: The French metal band comes to Aftershock fresh off a 2025 Grammy win for Best Metal Performance. Their song “Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)” gained international attention when they performed it at the Summer Olympics in Paris.
SUNDAY, OCT. 5, PERFORMANCES
Bring Me The Horizon: The British rock band continues to mix metalcore, electronic, and alt-rock, earning praise from Oasis’ Liam Gallagher for their “Wonderwall” cover, released exclusively on Spotify in January.
Rob Zombie: The heavy rock veteran, with 15 million albums sold worldwide, is known for his elaborate stage shows featuring horror-inspired set designs, pyrotechnics and fan-favorite anthems.
Marilyn Manson: Nearly 30 years after “The Beautiful People” made him a star, Marilyn Manson remains as known for his dark, theatrical persona as for his music.
Who else will play Aftershock?
More than 115 bands will play during the four-day festival across four stages with many performances from bands familiar to California and capital region fans and some special appearances and reunions. Among the highlights:
- Cavalera, which will playing the iconic Sepultura record, “Chaos A.D.,” in full in a very rare, special performance
Rev Theory, which is an exclusive for Danny Wimmer Presents as the original lineup reunites for one of the band’s first shows since 2014
The full list of musical acts:
- 12 Stones
- 3 Inches of Blood
- A Perfect Circle
- A Tribute to S.O.D. with Scott Ian, Dan Lilker, Jamey Jasta and Revel Ian
- Acid Bath
- Alestorm
- Alkaline Trio
- All Shall Perish
- All Time Low
- August Burns Red
- Bad Omens
- Basement
- Bilmuri
- Black Veil Brides
- Blink-182
- Bowling For Soup
- Born of Osiris
- Bruce Dickinson
- Bring Me The Horizon
- Carcass
- Cavalera
- Cattle Decapitation
- Chevelle
- Chimaira
- Chiodos
- Crossfade
- Dayseeker
- Death Angel
- Deftones
- Demon Hunter
- DevilDriver
- DOPE
- Dream Theater
- Dry Kill Logic
- Dying Fetus
- Dying Wish
- Exodus
- Failure
- Fear Factory
- Five Headed Cobra
- Flyleaf (with Lacey Sturm)
- Forbidden
- Gojira
- Gloryhammer
- Good Charlotte
- GWAR
- Hatebreed
- High On Fire
- Hinder
- Hoobastank
- Hollywood Undead
- Hot Milk
- Imminence
- In This Moment
- Kittie
- Knocked Loose
- Korn
- Lacuna Coil
- Lamb of God
- Landmvrks
- Machine Head
- Marilyn Manson
- Memphis May Fire
- Mom Jeans
- Motionless in White
- Mudvayne
- Nails
- Nonpoint
- Northlane
- Of Mice & Men
- Pop Evil
- Power Trip
- Powerwolf
- Prong
- Quannnic
- Rev Theory
- Rob Zombie
- Saliva
- Scary Kids Scaring Kids
- Scowl
- Sick Puppies
- Six Feet Under
- Sleep Theory
- Slaughter To Prevail
- Snot
- Snuffed On Sight
- SPY
- Speed
- Spineshank
- Spite
- Static-X
- State Champs
- Story of the Year
- Sunami
- Testament
- The All-American Rejects
- The Ataris
- The Dillinger Escape Plan
- The Plot In You
- The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
- Thrown
- Thornhill
- Three Days Grace (with Adam Gontier)
- Trivium
- Trash Talk
- Turnstile
- Winds of Plague
- Xibalba
- Yngwie Malmsteen
How to get tickets to Aftershock
General admission tickets are now on sale at aftershockfestival.com.
Single-day passes start at $160, including fees. Aftershock is also selling four-day passes for the “all-in” price of $484.58 and VIP passes starting at about $800.
This year, the concert series has introduced 4-Day Capital Club SVIP billed as the “ultimate” pass coming it at nearly $2,500.
According to Danny Wimmer Presents, the SVIP perks include:
- Elevated main stage viewing: “Take in epic performances from a private viewing platform nestled among the trees for the best views in the house.”
- Exclusive air-conditioned lounge
- Exclusive credentials with “commemorative Capital Club laminate and wristband”
- Fast Track Festival Entrance: “Bypass the crowds with dedicated Capital Club entrance lanes for quick, hassle-free festival entry.”
- Re-entry privileges
- All-Inclusive food and unlimited beer, wine, cocktails and more in the Capital Club.
- Dedicated Wi-Fi
This story was originally published March 5, 2025 at 12:07 PM.
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